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Hot  Art
BY L I N DSAY SHA P K A

ABSTRACT
REPRESENTATION

PHOTOS: DAWN LIGHTENING FIELD, 2014 BY RON MOPPETT. COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST, COURTESY TREPANIERBAER
GALLERY; BROWN OUT (2010-2011) BY DAVID BOWERING; TRENCH-NO. 2, 2016 BY SHAWN SERFAS

NOVEMBER 4 – 18 Born in Prince
Albert, Saskatchewan, artist Shawn
Serfas has taught at the University
of Alberta, the University of British
Columbia, and is currently an Assistant
Professor in the Visual Arts department,
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and
Performing Arts at Brock University.
In his show Cleave & Trench, you
will see contemporary works that
explore relational abstraction and
representation. Bugera Matheson
Gallery, 10345-124 St., 780-482-2854.
bugeramathesongallery.com

INSIDE THE
ARTIST’S STUDIO
THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2017 For the first time Canadian

artists Ron and Damian Moppett are exhibiting selections
from their vast collection of work together at the Art Gallery
of Alberta. This unique show explores the similarity in their
artistic practices and the different approaches that they use
to interpret the subject of the artist’s studio. The selected

works for the exhibit Damian Moppett + Ron Moppett (Every
Story Has Two Sides) are pulled from no specific time period, but
were chosen by how they work together when displayed side by
side. The exhibition also includes a large work by each artist

in Manning Hall and the atrium. Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir
Winston Churchill Sq., 780-422-6223. youraga.ca

THE HUMAN
ELEMENT
THROUGH DECEMBER 3 Comprised
of artworks by artists Marcel Belley,
David Bowering (work pictured), Bruno
Canadien, Tony Stallard, Barbara Todd and
Dean Turner, the exhibit Blood, Toil, Tears
explores the human element of war. It
commemorates the soldiers who have
fought in various confrontations, those
that we’ve lost, and civilians that have
been displaced by warfare. The show will
be open on November 11 from 10 am – 2
pm for Remembrance Day. Art Gallery of
St. Albert, 19 Perron St., St. Albert, 780460-4310. artgalleryofstalbert.ca
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